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Bangladesh weighs tougher cyber law as AI-generated abuse targets women
Bangladesh’s proposed cyber law targets AI-generated fakes, but critics warn broad provisions on rumours, defamation and disinformation could revive censorship and threaten online free expression, even as victims need protection.
Warning Signals: Venezuela and the Risk of AI-Powered Chinese Digital Authoritarianism
A report by the Australian think tank ASPI warns that Venezuela could integrate Chinese artificial intelligence into its surveillance system and expand its digital control capabilities.
Fish scarcity, tar balls, and stranded dolphins: The hidden costs of offshore platforms in Cameroon waters
...oil and gas contributed FCFA 774.51 billion (USD 1.3 million) to the budget. However, these oil rigs threaten biodiversity and compromise the well-being of coastal and Indigenous communities.
Volunteers from Poland remember how Poles opened their homes to Ukrainian refugees in 2022
Five years into the full-scale war, however, the border has also revealed the limits of that extraordinary solidarity.
Vote young yet govern much later: West African youth’s struggle for power
Young people are deemed mature enough to elect their leaders, yet not to replace them. They drive political movements forward by voting, advocating, campaigning, and protesting, yet cannot run for office themselves.
Between two shores: The ‘Monhés,’ nationality, and a sense of belonging in Mozambique
“Monhé” is not a nationality: a person of Indian origin can be completely Mozambican, foreign, or in some cases, stateless.
Queer mediums of the cult of María Lionza are redefining the gender binary in Venezuela’s sacred mountain
An ethnographic look at Venezuela's María Lionza cult, examining how LGBTQ+ mediums challenge traditional gender roles and face discrimination while channeling diverse spiritual entities
Big Tech and authoritarian states: Belarus
In the latest GV podcast, we discussed why Russia restricts access to many social media services, while Belarus does not impose comparable restrictions; censorship, surveillance, and digital authoritarianism — Belarusian style.
In Brazil’s elections, big techs’ transparency and cooperation policies translate as governance washing, according to this expert
“Under normal conditions, this is already serious enough, because the platform rules over the information flow in a society, but when you apply it to an electoral dispute, it's even more serious.”